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China after mao_zedong

1.
■Essential Question:
–How did China evolve in the years
after Mao Zedong’s death?
■Warm Up Questions

2.
Mao Zedong
ruled China’s
Communist Party
from 1945 to 1976
Mao’s Great Leap
Forward &
Cultural Revolution
were strict socialist
programs
Even though Mao
split with the USSR
& began relations
with the USA,
China remained a
strictly-controlled
communist nation

3.
In 1976, Mao died & was
succeeded by moderate
Communist leaders
In 1978, Deng Xiaoping
took over China & began
new economic reforms

4.
Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms were called
the Four Modernizations & involved using
capitalist ideas to help improve the Chinese
economyGoal #1—Agriculture
Ended collective farms &
allowed farmers to rent land
and grow crops for a profit
As a result, food production
increased by 50%
Goal #2—Industry
Allowed private businesses,
relaxed controls over gov’t-
run factories, & let foreign
companies open in China
As a result, incomes rose &
Chinese bought consumer
goods, like TVs & appliances
Price index for farm outputsGoal #3—Defense
Modernized the
military & built more
nuclear weapons
Goal #4—Technology
Invested in education,
built a space program,
& welcomed foreign
technological ideas

5.
These economic reforms led to a boom in the
overall Chinese economy; In 2010, China passed
Japan & became the #2 economy in the world

6.
Deng’s reforms had
unintended consequences
for Chinese society
China’s emphasis on
education & the influx of
Western companies led
many Chinese to learn
more about democracy
& question their own lack
of personal freedoms
Thousands of students
demanded democracy &
protested in Beijing’s
Tiananmen Square in 1989
student leader Wang Dan in Tiananmen
Square calling for a city wide march.

7.
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Chinese soldiers & tanks
attacked the crowd, killing
hundreds of protestors
The Chinese gov’t
arrested & executed
leaders of the protest
The Communist Party increased control over citizens
by repressing pro-democracy demands, censoring the
media & information, & repressing freedom of speech

8.
In 1997, Great Britain returned
Hong Kong to China after ruling
the colony for 155 years
Under British & Chinese control,
Hong Kong served as a major
commercial & financial center

9.
China has one
of the fastest
growing
economies
in the world;
Others
include Brazil,
India, Russia
(BRIC nations)
But, China
has a low
wage work
force, large
gap between
rich & poor,
few personal
freedoms, &
human rights
violations